"Viva La Vida" Coldplay 2008

(Chris) Martin has explained the song lyric "I know Saint Peter won't call my name" in an interview with Q magazine:
"It's about ... You're not on the list. I was a naughty boy. It's always fascinated me that idea of finishing your life and then being analyzed on it. And this idea runs throughout most religions. That's why people blow up buildings. Because they think they're going to get lots of virgins. I always feel like saying, just join a band ...

That is the most frightening thing you could possibly say to somebody. Eternal damnation.
I know about this stuff because I studied it. I was into it all. I know it. It's still mildly terrifying to me. And this is serious."

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I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
 
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
 
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
 
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
 
For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world
 
It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become
 
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?
 
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
 
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
 
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
 
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world